ECG Sets Up Police Unit In Kumasi
The Ashanti Business Unit of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service established the first-ever ECG-Police unit to expeditiously deal with debt...
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New Malaria Vaccine To Be Tested In Ghana, Kenya, Malawi
A new malaria vaccine will be tested on a large scale in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organization said Monday, with 360,000 children to be vaccinated between 2018 and 2020. The...
Ghana Gets First Vaccine
The world's first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries - Ghana, Kenya and Malawi - starting in 2018. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria...
Malaria: Kenya, Ghana and Malawi Get First Vaccine
The world’s first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries – Ghana, Kenya and Malawi – starting in 2018. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria...
First Large-Scale Malaria Vaccine Trials For Africa
A new malaria vaccine will be tested on a large scale in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organization said Monday, with 360,000 children to be vaccinated between 2018 and 2020. The...
Over 300,000 Rooms In N/R To Be Sprayed Against Malaria
Over 300,000 rooms in seven districts in the Northern Region are to be sprayed as part of the Indoor Residual Spraying Campaign to prevent malaria. The 30-day Indoor Residual Spraying Campaign will...
Zoomlion Moves To Rid Central Region of Filth and Bedbugs
Sanitation and Waste Management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has rolled out strategies to make the central region the cleanest region in the country. The move, according to the company’s...
Over 300,000 Rooms To Be Sprayed Against Malaria
Over 300,000 rooms in seven districts in the Northern Region are to be sprayed as part of the Indoor Residual Spraying Campaign to prevent malaria. The 30-day Indoor Residual Spraying Campaign...
‘World’s Heaviest Woman’ Loses Half Her Weight
Eman Abd El Aty was unable to leave her home for 25 years and weighed 500kg. She lost 250kg (550lbs) after undergoing bariatric surgery at Mumbai's Saifee hospital.Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily...
500kg Egyptian Sheds Half Her Weight After India Surgery
The "world's heaviest woman" has shed half her weight -- around a quarter of a tonne -- in the two months she's been in India for treatment, doctors said. Egyptian national Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty...
How To Get Rid of Hemorrhoids (Piles)
While most people think hemorrhoids are abnormal, the truth is everyone has them. They are clumps of blood vessels in the anus and lower rectum that help control bowel movements. But most people only...
Marwako Victim Suffering From Eye Trauma
Dr Matilda Adda, head of the Eye Clinic at the Achimota Hospital, has told the Abeka District Court that Evelyn Boakye, the victim of the Markwako pepper incident, is suffering from trauma...
GMB Winner Yaba Holds Free Breast Cancer Screening For Over 500 Women
Over 500 women drawn from Jomorro and Ellembelle districts of the Western Region have benefitted from free breast cancer screening which was championed by the 2016 legacy edition winner of TV3...
US Panel Issues New Guidance On Prostate Cancer Screening
A US government advisory panel has reversed its opposition to a controversial prostate cancer screening test for men aged 55 to 69, according to draft recommendations published Tuesday in the Journal...
The Story of A 12-Year-Old’s Struggle With Dialysis
12-year old Kimbly suffered a kidney failure in June 2016, just two days after his sister, Vanessa, wrote her final exam paper to bow out of Junior High school. Her desire to continue her education...
El Nino Can Warn On Cholera Outbreaks In Africa
El Nino, the cyclical climatic phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, is linked to shifts in cholera cases in Africa, providing an early warning that could save lives, scientists said Monday. During the...
King of Assin Owirenkyi Appointed TB Ambassador
The National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) has appointed Nana Ehunabobrim Prah Agyensaim VI, King and President of Assin Owirenkyi Traditional Council as the new Ambassador of Tuberculosis...
African Governments Urged To Support Breast Cancer Patients
Ghanaian showbiz personality and former broadcaster, Mabelle Prior has made a call to African governments to create more awareness on breast cancer and provide the needed support for treatment for...
Renegotiate US Millennium Challenge Compact II Now
The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the government to fulfil its promise to engage key stakeholders in a dialogue on the US Millennium Challenge...
Media Must Desist From Giving Unsubstantiated Statistics On CSM Deaths
Dr Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, the Head of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has cautioned media practitioners to desist from publishing unsubstantiated statistics on deaths...